Regulations, guidelines and recommendations from the local authorities (in Finland STUK and Valvira) define an important part of the radiation safety issues relevant to healthcare providers. The instructions require, among other things, that the operator shall be responsible for organizing – in addition to a comprehensive quality assurance for activities involving radiation exposure – also…
The efficiency of the whole imaging chain has a significant impact on the performance and profitability of the entire clinic. The clinic may have invested a large amount of money for imaging devices and related solutions, like computers and software. Purely for economic reasons, it makes sense that the devices are utilized at maximum capacity:…
We live in really interesting and exciting times in the field of diagnostic imaging. In the past decade, the evolution of imaging techniques and equipment has been amazing. In conjunction with the traditional 2D imaging (intraoral, panoramic, cephalostat) 3D (CBCT) imaging has brought precise diagnosis making on a whole new level. The reasons for the…